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A. A. STILLMAN.

DENTAL TOOL RACK AND CAN].

Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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. A NITED STATES ALBERT A; STILLMAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEWV YORK.

DENTAL TOOL-RACK AND CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,382, dated March 3,1885.

Application ,filed June 26, 1 884. -(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. STILLMAN, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Dentists Tool- Racks and Cases, of which the following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel construction and combination of partswhich in one respect perform certain functions independent of eachother, but in other respects contribute to the efliciency of each other,and the whole constitute a combined cotton and floss holder and asupport for a dental tool-rack, combined in a most convenient, compact,and substantial manner, as hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figures I and II are respectively plan andfront views of my invention; Fig. III, a longitudinal section of thesame; Fig. IV, a transverse section on line at m, Fig. III; and Fig. V,an end view of the cap of the cotton-holder.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the bed of the toolrack, consisting of an elongated plateprovided on its back edge with an upwardly-turned longitudinal flange,0, against which the end of the tool-points abut, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. I of the drawings. Upon said bed is secured a plate, B,which has projecting upward from it a row of lugs, a a, and a row ofpins, 1) b, the lugs being arranged proper distances apart to receive inthe interstices the tool-points,which are detached from the handle whenplaced on the rack, and when placed as aforesaid the pin b enters a holein the side of the tool-point, and thereby retains the latter whilewithdrawing from it or applying to it the handle of the tool orinstrument.

0 and 0 represent the cases or receptacles for-the cotton and floss usedin dentists business. Said cases I form of a metal tube, in

which Isecure' a partition separating said cases, as shown in Fig. IV ofthe drawings. and to the two ends of said tube I apply removable caps gand a. The cap 9 of the case 0 has an aperture, (I, through which to extract the cotton from the case, and from said aperture extends a slot,h, in which lies a rod, f, which reaches into the case the entire lengththereof, and is provided at its inner end with a disk or follower, e. Bydrawing said rod outward the cotton is forced toward the cap 9 of thecase and caused to protrude through the aperture d sufficiently toenable the operater to grasp with his fingers some of the cotton andextract the desired amount from the case. The rod f, lying in the sloth,

leaves the aperture d unobstructed. The cap g is made removable from thecase to admit of replenishing the latterto wit, the cap a of the case 0has inside of the said case a plate, a, provided with a central hole forthe reception of one of the pivots of the spool m, whlch is removable inthe extension 0 and pivoted to the partition of the tube, as illustratedin Fig. III .of the drawings.

On the spool m is wound the floss used 1n dentistry, the free end ofsaid floss passing out through a slot, Z, in the side of thecaseextension 0. To the exterior of said extension is attached a knife,is, by which to sever the length of floss desired. I

D D represent brackets by which to attach the case 0 to the .usualdentists stand, said brackets being in the form of metal bands whichembrace the case 0 and terminate with attaching-arms, as shown in Fig.IV of the drawings.

' The described tool-rack and case are firmly united by the bed A of therack being mounted on the brackets D D over the case 0 and secured inposition by screws .9, passing through the bed A and through thebrackets D D and into the case 0, as shown.

It will be observed that by the described construction and arrangementof parts the tube of which the cases 0 and G are formed is made toconstitute a stiff and substantial support for the toolrack, and thetwo-cases or receptacles O and O are formed by simply securing apartition in the tube and placing the removable caps g and n on the endsof the tube.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is The combination ofthe tube 0 0, provided with a partition and with a slot, Z, the cap a,

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removably applied to one end of the tube, the cap removably applied tothe opposite end of the tube and provided with the aperture d, and thespool m and rod f, respectively,

5 in opposite ends of the tube, all constructed and combinedsubstantially in the manner set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed I my name and aflixed myseal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the 10county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 19th day of June,1884.

ALBERT A. STILLMAN. [L. s.]

WVitnesses:

F. H. GIBBS, O. H. DUELL.

